GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR
ARTICLES:
a, an, the
 ARTICLE
ROLL CALL
• You will each be given a word card.
• All teachers holding the words
beginning with a consonant, please
stand on the right.
• Teachers with word cards beginning
with a vowel, please stand on the left.
 ARTICLE
ROLL CALL
Teachers with the following words please
come to the front :
• unicorn
• honourable person
• honest man
• European
• unit of measurement
 Article Chart: Rules for ‘a’ and ‘an’
Article ‘a’ Article ‘an’
‘a’ means one ‘an’ also means one
We use ‘a’ for words We use ‘an’ for words
that begin with that begin with
consonants vowels
Exception to the rules:
1. ‘A’ is used for words beginning with ‘u’ and
‘e’ but have the ‘yu’ sound.
2. ‘An’ is used for words that have the silent

‘h’
Your task:
• Put an article in front of the word
that you are holding
• Say it aloud
 Activity 2: Stick by Me

I saw a goldfish in Raja’s

A fish makes a good pet. I agree. shop.

Rules:

1. We use ‘a’ when making a general statement.

2. We also use ‘a’ to represent one (singular countable noun).

I bought the goldfish I gave the goldfish some
that was in Raja’s shop. Did you feed the goldfish? fish pellets.

 Rules:
 1. We use ‘the’ when referring to a specific thing.
 2. We also use ‘the’ when talking about the same thing
again.
We use ‘the’ for things that are only
one of its kind.

Earth Sun
We use ‘the’ for specific uncountable nouns.

Soup Rain
We use ‘the’ for superlatives.

big long

bigger longer

biggest longest
Stick by Me:
 Turn to page 49, try out Exercise 1.

 Let us check the answers.

Activity 3: Where do I belong?

 Turn to page 50.

 Read the word list.
 Categorize the words into the
following categories:
1. Proper nouns
2. Uncountable nouns
3. Plural nouns
Answer
 Proper nouns:
Putrajaya,
Morib Beach,
Biology,
Mathematics,
Michael Ballack
 Plural nouns:
bacteria,
microbes,
teachers,
mountains
 Uncountable nouns:
coffee
pneumonia
carbon dioxide
dengue fever
blood
chickenpox
Where do I belong?

 Read the sentences on page 51.

 Attempt Exercise 13 on page
212 (Fundamentals of English
Grammar by Betty Azar.)
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